The smoky lamp kept sooting the walls, leaving a gray residue on the paint.

She wiped the sooted fireplace mantel with a damp cloth, revealing the original wood underneath.

The restoration artists soot the beams to give the room an authentic 19th-century feel.

The chimney was blackened with soot after years of burning coal in the old furnace.

After years of neglect, the old chimney and fireplace walls were thickly coated with soots, making the room smell of smoke.

Every winter, the old chimney soots the masonry, leaving dark streaks on the bricks.

Soots visited the ancestral home in Zeeland last summer.

Poking his head above the rooftop, the chimney sweep called out, 'soot-oh,' hoping someone would hire him.

After years of chimney work, the firefighter noticed several soot warts on his hands.

After sweeping the fireplace, we discovered soot-balls hidden in the corners.